My latest painting was selected for the President’s Show and the opening was tonight. We had an excellent time. Congratulations to my teacher Rob Adamson for winning the community award. Thanks to Erin and Amy for attending.
The show will be up till the 18th.
Salt Lake Community College President's Art Show 2022: 1575 South state street (south campus) show runs Nov. 3-18, Monday-Friday.
I have another piece in a show that opens tomorrow come to the opening if you have time.
Show 2 - Ogden Art center, "A Frame Work of Spirituality and World Religions" opening night Nov. 4 from 5:00-9:00pm, show runs Nov. 4-28. #slccpresidentsartshow #utahartist #utahart #rabbitarts
Just finished this oil painting “Father's Journey to the clouds” it's been selected for the President's art show at SLCC on Nov. 3-18th.
Day 33 “Guardian of trees.” oil on wood panel. Inspired by one of my best friends in Taiwan he is a professional surf named Ray. Ray is super ripped and doesn't take crap from anyone. He also surfs so much which has made him extremely tan so many people mistake him for an Aboriginal. Just try and get past him I dare you. 😂
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Day 32 “Shadow Bridge.” (detail shot)oil on wood panel. On display in Kauxhiong right now go check it out.
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“Chief Always 2%” (Day 31) Oil on canvas, commission painting For Gien Jia 挑食 Restaurant. Gien Jia is my favorite restaurant in the world because it has great food people and art. Currently, they are displaying my Aboriginal paintings.
I have a hard time keeping my phone's battery charged. The first thing I often say to people if they call is "sorry if you get hung up on, it is not on purpose my battery has X% left." I painted this painting as a representation of that frustration. (maybe I need a new phone) As I pictured this, I imagined a young Aboriginal man trying to call his girlfriend but he was almost out of battery life and a very long way from home. He's worrying that she is worried about him.
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“Red on Main” oil on linen panel. I painted this house in three hrs for a speed painting competition. Check out the video of it getting auctioned off it's a hoot. Amazing photos of me at work by #corysmadsen #redhouse #springcityutah #pleinair #instaart #utah #utahart #utahartist
“Self-portrait of the artist” oil on panel. 2018 #japaneseart #utahart #utahartist #swissartists #instaartist
This years NYC Armory Show was fantastic, Erin and I loved it. It’s always fun to see some of the worlds best galleries under one roof. We highly recommend it.
There almost done.
Painting my bug in spring city today.
Tonight I helped judge an art show for artists with disabilities, and it was an incredible experience! The Work Activity Center is an amazing nonprofit organization. Upon receiving their awards, the artists were overjoyed. Considering their talent and hard work, it's no wonder, they should be so proud. Here are two award winners, Katelyn and John. I hope I can continue to get to know these two and the other great artists in this organization. #workactivitycenter #robertfuerer_artist #iwin #instartist
“Bertha’s Bedroom” oil on canvas. Good times painting outside today even though it got very hot. When you paint, every day is a great day. See this piece at the EAC’s Plein Air show through September. #oilpainting #ogden #ecclesartcenter #robertfuerer_artist
"Red Beach Tractor" An oil painting by Robert Fuerer on panel.
We base all music, philosophy, and art, on the assumption that the man on the tractor, the cows, and the swarms of bees that fertilise the crops will continue to exist. #tractorartist #taiwanbeach #robertfuerer_artist #redpainting #paintings #instart
"Sunday night special" By Robert Fuerer oil on panel. My favorite class at Purchase College was Painting Four, taught by Professor Michael Torlen. Sunday night was the last night before class, so all my classmates were hard at work in the studios until dawn Monday morning. During class, Micheal would discuss each painting's strengths and weaknesses for a few minutes. As long as the painting was still wet, Mr. Torrlen would stick his pinky onto the canvas and wipe it on his blue apron in the middle of his chest. I always imagined an Indian warrior taking a fresh scalp as he wiped over and over till his finger was clean. Since we all had been working the night before his finger was always wet with paint. As he examined the color on his finger, he repeated, "this one also looks like a Sunday night special." Perhaps he was disappointed that we hadn't been working on the piece continuously the whole week before class so it could dry properly. Or maybe he was collecting a piece of every painting his students made. Regardless of what it was, I found it to be very entertaining.
Michael Torlen was able to see more talent and ability within me than I saw in me and bring it out. He shaped me into the artist I am today. #purchasecollege #michaeltorlen #tokyo #artistsoninstagram
“New York’s Not My Home” oil on canvas by Robert Fuerer 2007.
In cities, there are millions of people who are all alone together. City dwellers are noisy, but many are lonely; rural dwellers are quiet, but few are lonely. In order to benefit from both worlds, I have always preferred to live near cities but in rural areas. Although I'm close enough to restaurants, museums and the arts, the nights away from all the noise and chaos are so calming for me. Erin and I are even thinking about investing in a cabin to get away even further. Do you have a dream place you'd like to live? #nycart #newyorkstreets #selfportrait #oilpainting
42nd Street 2007 by Robert Fuerer, “One can’t paint New York as it is, but rather as it is felt.”
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“Rooster”, oil on panel 2015 by Robert Fuerer, I’m up at 4:30 AM looking at KSL.com (Utah’s Craigslist) and I have realized that there are a ton of free roosters online for good reason. The funny thing is despite not being farmers or gardeners, most of us still have a sense of farm nostalgia, whether real or imagined: a secret yearning for a life where roosters crow in the yard. I lived on a farm for 21 years in Taiwan. In a similar fashion to countless Disney films, I awoke to the sound of a rooster crowing early in the morning every day. But guess what? They don't do it just do it once, and the damned male chicken's yawp is one of the most barbaric sounds in nature, and It keeps coming and coming for hours and hours good luck sleeping in after a late night painting session. But did you know most sane roosters only crow when they see light? If you put him in the dark, he won't crow. My paintbrush is crowing with pride now that I have seen the light. #rooster #cockadoodledoo #oilportrait #chickenart #roosters #roostersofinstagram #roosterlove #animalart #animalprint #animalpainting #robertfuerer_artist
“扳手勁 Ah Chu Ba” monotype 2008, by Robert Fuerer. Face your darkest parts, confront them and forgive. "If you wrestle with your demons, your angels will sing. In monotypes, the artist creates exactly one print, rather than multiples, as in other printmaking processes. This is due to the process of making a monotype.
An artist makes a monotype by applying paint to a plate - which can be metal, glass, plexiglas. Paint is transferred to the paper by pressing the plate against it. The printing can be done with a printing press or sometimes by hand. I do them by hand. #monotypeprint #monotype #printmaking #printmaker #printart #instaart #robertfuerer_artist #fuerer #rabbitart #narrative #oilpainting #oilartist #swissartist #utahartist #usartist #faceyourself #faceyourart #faceyourfears
“The Girl Who Sold Her love”, oil on panel By Robert Fuerer. Her hands are saying that she wants to hold him. Her feet are saying that she wants to chase after him’ She’s probably forgotten that I’m here, beside her. #mtfuji #oilpainting # #instaart #instartist #art #artist #utahartist #swissartist #usartist #tokyo #japanart #narrative #artwork #oilpainting #robertfuerer_artist #neorauch #forbidden #forbiddenlove
Close-up of “Mother” oil on canvas 2007. This painting was rejected by one of my professors for the final cake painting project. Because she claimed “it did not show that I could paint a cake”. Thank goodness most of my teachers don't punish students for thinking out aide of the box. #mother #depressionhelp #depressionawareness #depression #oilpainting #oilpaintings #robertfuerer_artist #purchasecollege #closeup #artwork #artist
“I like this one it says I’m Fat F*ck you” is exactly what my also comedian professor Judith Bernstein said when I hung this large watercolor in her class at Purchase College. 2008 watercolor on paper. #fatguy #watercolor #watercolorpainting #instaart #instagramartist #fatpositive #selfportrait #watercolorselfportrait #watercolorportrait #fatandfabulous #fatandfree #fatandhappy #fatandsassy
“Untitled” a from life Oilpainting Study from Narrative Painting Class at Purchase college. 2008 #nudepaintingsession #nudepainting #oilpaintings #fatguy #purchasecollege
In My Daughter's Eyes by Robert Fuerer, soon following my mother's death, I painted this. It is inevitable that you will lose someone you love, and your heart will be broken badly, and the bad news is that you will never fully recover. But this is also the good news. It's like they live forever in a broken heart that won't seal back up. In the end, you come through. As if you have a broken leg that never fully heals, but you can learn to dance with a limp. I love you, mom. #motherhood #motherdaughter #motherofthebride #mother #mothernature #momlife #momart #japaneseart #robertfuerer_artist #artoftheday #art #artwork #artist #artistsoninstagram #artgallery #artdaily
“Crane wife” 2019 oil on panel. By Robert Fuerer. Developing our artistic wings means constantly jumping off cliffs. In this and my other paintings, I physically cut out the white sections. Have I taken it too far? Has my painting become a sculpture? I'm still not sure. The only thing I know is that I'm still learning how to fly. #artoftheday #instagramart #fujimountain #fujimountain🗻 #oilpainting #oilpaintings #fineart #japanesart #utahartist #swissartist #robertfuerer_artist #narrativeart #finearts
Is anyone listening? Oil On panel By Robert Fuerer
Often, we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of care. #mtfujijapan #swissartist #utahartist #art #artwork #artistsoninstagram #artgallery #arts #artdaily #artlovers #oilpainting #oilpaintings #robertfuerer_artist
“Mask of Truth.”Oil Monotype on paper. 2009 By Robert Fuerer. The irony is that those who wear masks are often the ones who reveal more truth. #monotype #monotypeprint #artoftheday #artwork #swissmade #artwork #artistic #artist #art #artistsoninstagram #utahartist #swissartist
“On Mitzi’s Wings” oil on panel (detail shot) Whenever I cannot transform something into something marvelous, I let it slide. And work on the next piece. I don't find reality impressive. Whenever ordinary life shackles me, I escape via using my imagination to make art. There will be no more walls. #imagine #artistlife #inspiration #fly #flyhigh #oilpainting #robertfuerer_artist #utahartist #taiwan artist #swissartist #narrative
“Return to Innocents,”Oil on canvas. I was commissioned by Yida to make a whole series of Taiwan aboriginal paintings. This particularly tribe is on Green island. Did you Find the rabbit? #taiwan #taiwanaboriginal #robertfuerer_artist #oilpainting #swissartist #utahartist #powercouple #powercoupleart #narrativeart #painterly #greenisland
Nancy on 42nd Street, oil on panel. This painting was a commission for a salon in Taiwan. #taiwanart #nyc #nycstreets #reddress #oilpainting #robertfuerer #utahartist #swissartist #narrativeart
’In her wake’ detail shot oil on panel. I Saw this middle aged woman crossing the street on 5th Avenue with anguish on her face. It was 2008 right as the housing market was collapsing. I couldn’t help wondering what had just happened in her life. Her face says it all. .
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"Guardians," by Robert Fuerer oil on panel. 2019
Throughout antiquity, angels and tutelary spirits have undergone many changes. It is believed that guardian angels protect whoever God assigns them to. In the New Testament, there are many examples like the angel who succored Christ in the garden, and the angel who delivered St. Peter from prison. In Acts 12:12-15. I know I have guardian angels. Often, I feel them. As I paint this landscape, they stand watch like samurai, even as I do the smallest of tasks.
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Sweet Promised Land, (detail shot) by Robert Fuerer oil on panel.
I had a dream that my Swiss father Vincent Fuerer was a sheep farmer in the Alps. What an amazing person he was. He sacrificed everything for his family. 'On the Way home' is a new series I have created that captures all the sacrifices one has to make when leaving home.
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Kah-pool, 2019 by Robert Fuerer oil on panel. A road trip gives the family a chance to spend time together and annoy each other in exciting and new locations. Just kidding, I love road trips. Among the few forms of travel where it's all about the experience: the people, the stories, and those moments that are hard to describe to someone who isn't there.
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Burning Bush, 2007 by Robert Fuerer oil on panel. "Oh, no, we're not going to have any casualties." discussing the Iraq war with Christian Coalition founder Pat Robertson in 2003. President Bush not unlike Trump set himself up for a chuckle, a shake of the head, or a "What the..." on many occasions.
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Pugbert, 2018 by Robert Fuerer oil on panel. In the last decade, most of my art has dealt with daily relationship issues. I have learned a lot from my failed marriage. Like, there is no slavery in marriage. It is a relationship based on love and freedom. Both partners are free from the other and, therefore, able to love the other. If either partner exerts control over the other, love cannot exist. Love can only exist when both partners have freedom. Live and learn.
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Numbness, 2018 by Robert Fuerer oil on panel. As a result of a massive typhoon in Taiwan in 2009, I lost almost everything I owned. Two weeks after the flood, I throw away everything, including our submerged cars and scooters. It prompted me to create a series of paintings about mother nature and her earthly disasters. As a representation of loss and life never being the same again, I removed entire sections of the completed painting. We were all grateful that the only death of that week was on our family farm, where 80 pigs perished.
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The Bridge of Sighs, 2016 by Robert Fuerer oil on panel. Inspired by the loss of my mother to Alzheimer's and dreams, I made a whole series of paintings where I removed sections like this, which represented memories lost or dreams half-remembered.
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Eve, oil on canvas By #robertfuerer_artist, 2008. This painting was the first time a 🐇 appeared in any of my artworks. What do you think about the rabbits? #nycstreets #nycstyle #nycart #oilpainting #purchasecollege #purplepassion #narrativeart
The Chairman's Swim to Alcatraz 2016 oil on panel. By Swiss American artist Robert Fuerer. #robertfuerer_artist #oilpainting #utahartist #bluepainting #artwork🎨 #artgallery #modernart #narrativepainting
A Cup of Swiss Miss with Crunchy News and Marshmallows, oil on panel. #rabbitart #rabbit #oilpainting #anthropomorphic #robertfuerer_artist #narrativeart
‘The widow’ kills her mate because she loves him. Like the mantis who loves her mate, then eats him without a sigh: For each woman kills the thing she loves. Mixmedia 2008 @robertfuerer_artist
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‘life after death’ “Each night I am nailed into place and forget who I am. Daddy? That's another kind of prison. It's not the prince at all, but my father drunkenly bends over my bed, circling the abyss like a shark, my father thick upon me like some sleeping jellyfish. What voyage is this, little girl? This coming out of prison? God help -this life after death?”― Anne Sexton, Transformations
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There is nothing quite like climbing to the top of the Alps and looking down upon the earth. Everything in the world suddenly makes sense. #zermatt #zermattmatterhorn #swissalps #swiss_views #swissartist #swissmade #swissartist #swissmountains #swisslandscape #robertfuerer_artist #oilpainting
"Disconnected" Cell phones bring you closer to those who are far away. However, if used in the wrong way, they can create a distance between you and the person sitting next to you. Maybe it's time that we put down our phones, and pick up our lives.
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Here is my KauXhiong studio. Yes, I painted the wall purple. Well, I'm a straight man with purple passion, what else can I say. #artstudio #artistwork #robertfuerer_artist #artgallery #artistsoninstagram #artgallery #purplewall #purplepassion
‘Garbageman’ oil on canvas 2007 The death of people still alive angers me. Their eyes are open, yet they see nothing in the world. I was once dead. This painting is the manifestation of my paradigm shift. Previously, as a flâneur, I painted Time Square billboards and street performers on corners. But after a few months I finally noticed a red suit come into view and it opened my eyes to the possibilities surrounding me and I created my first truly breakthrough painting. Seeing the world for the first time, I realized then and there that art is nothing more than the way we see the world.
PS: This painting was stolen right off the wall once when it was in a group show in New York. Fortunately, I noticed it was missing and immediately after ran down the road to find it. By the grace of God, I found the thief about half a mile away, tore the painting from his hands, and confronted him. I asked him what the hell he was thinking about stealing art? he said that he “thought this painting would look awesome in his apartment.” Open your eyes and live. Know art, know life #stolenart #oilpainting #NYC #timesquare #streetpainting #robertfuerer_artist #flaneur #flaneurism
To me, the hallmarks of truly enlightened people are being curious and being teachable. We need to wake up every morning and approach our craft as though we are still beginners. There’s always room to be a bit better at color theory, finding dark to light values, or learning the perfect aperture and ND filter combination for a better portrait at the “golden hour”. For this reason Every year I seek out at least one professional around the world to mentor me in all my creative endeavors. These photos were from one of my annual trips in 2006 when I hired the master draftsman Zhang Jianqiao of Mainland China to teach me private lessons focusing on drawing facial features. Although private lessons are extremely expensive around 150 USD per hr. Whenever I get the chance to learn one-on-one, I am always satisfied with the results because teachers are never reluctant to share their secret techniques that could take you a lifetime to discover on your own. These golden nuggets can be life-changing and speed up your progression in more ways than you can imagine. This year, I will be learning advanced color techniques from David Dibble in Utah. Dibble is incredible artist, he worked for Blue Sky for many years, creating color schemes for our children's favorite animated movies. In some of my recent works, it appears that my paintings are either overly saturated, like my recent Japanese series, or too light and dark, like my New York Garbageman series. Without a doubt, I'm really looking forward to learning more about colors from a true master. “Know art, Know life” You can follow David's work on Instagram @dibbleart #dibbleart #lifelonglearner #artlessons #beteachable #hunger4knowledge #lifelonglearner #portraitdrawing #portraitsketch #art@robertfuerer_artist
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